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12th Session Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Fossil Fuels

12th Session Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Fossil Fuels

26 - 27 October 2016
Salle IX, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

 

The Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Fossil Fuels focuses on activities that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electricity generation. These activities are developed and implemented with the active participation of UNECE member States, representatives from the energy and financial sectors, civil society, independent experts and academia.

 

Workshop: 26 October, 2016
The Sustainability Credentials of Coal and its Role in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7
Coal typically is viewed as the least sustainable fuel source for electricity generation and industrial use. The negative health and environmental impacts of coal production and consumption are severe and must be addressed. However, detractors often fail to acknowledge the important role coal has played in lifting entire populations from poverty or the scale to which coal is integrated into society through the provision of jobs. It is in this context that the Workshop will discuss barriers to improving the sustainability credentials of coal and a pathway whereby it can be considered as part of the overall clean energy mix while delivering on the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainability.

 

12th Session Meeting: 27 October 2016
The Group of Experts have defined a range of targeted task forces to carry out activities over 2016–2017. Following on the workshop, a deeper dive into specific topics will be discussed:

  • Assess a future role for thermal power plants in sustainable electricity systems
  • Increasing flexibility in coal power generation
  • Decreasing emissions and increasing efficiency from new and existing coal power generation using best practices across the ECE region and globally
  • Assess means for development and deployment of carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) technology and know-how

Full descriptions of the task forces can be found at:
http://www.unece.org/cleanerelectricityproduction/about.html

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LOGISTICAL INFORMATION (PDF)

Documents

Document Title & Symbol ENG FRE RUS
Item 1.  Adoption of the agenda      
Annotated provisional agenda for the twelfth session
ECE/ENERGY/GE.5/2016/1
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Provisional Agenda Time Table for 12th session
CEP-12/2016/INF.8
Version 1, 21 October 2016


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Report on the 11th session of the Expert Group
ECE/ENERGY/GE.5/2015/2

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Item 4.  Workshop: The Sustainability Credentials of Coal and its Role in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7      

Workshop programme

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Item 7(a).  Task Force to assess a future role for thermal power plants in sustainable electricity systems      
The role of thermal power plants in select electricity markets
CEP-12/2016/INF.2
Version 1, 20 October 2016
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Item 7(b).  Task Force on increasing flexibility in coal power generation      
Opportunities for coupling wind and coal based generation in the electricity sector
CEP-12/2016/INF.3
Version 1, 20 October 2016
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Item 7(c).  Task Force on decreasing emissions an increasing efficiency from new and existing coal power generation using best practices across the ECE region and globally      
Workshop "Critical Element of the Green Bridge Initiative: Advanced Fossil Fuel Technologies", 9-10 March 2016, Astana, Kazakhstan (report)
CEP-12/2016/INF.4
Version 1, 17 March 2016
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Item 7(d).  Task Force to assess means for development and deployment of carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) technology and know-how      
CCS in mid-2016: a high-level overview
CEP-12/2016/INF.5
Version 2, 20 October 2016
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Policy Parity for CCS/CCUS
CEP-12/2016/INF.6
Version 1, 20 October 2016
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CCS/CCUS Academic Curriculum
CEP-12/2016/INF.7
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Item 11.  Adoption of conclusions and recommendations      
Draft Conclusions and Recommendations arising from the Twelfth Session of the Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Fossil Fuels
CEP-12/2016/INF.1
Version 1, 12 October 2016
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Item 12.  Adoption of the report      

Report on the 12th session of the Expert Group
ECE/ENERGY/GE.5/2016/2

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Presentations

Presentation Title & Author ENG FRE RUS
Agenda Item 4: Workshop: The Sustainability Credentials of Coal and its Role in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7
Fossil Fuels and UN SDG’s
Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Development Division
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Session A: The Regional Outlooks for Coal – Production and Use
     
Sustainable Use of Coal?
Benjamin SPORTON, World Coal Association
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Session B: Challenges to HELE Coal Technology: Cost, Capacity and Clean?
     
Flexibility Options and challenges
Colin HENDERSON, IEA Clean Coal Centre
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Challenges and opportunities for coal use in Turkey
Mücella ERSOY, Turkish Coal Enterprises
     
HELE Deployment Opportunities and Strategies
Judd Swift, Synfuels Americas
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Session C: CCS: Pathways from HELE to CCS
     
Why CCSR and what does it look like?
Jon GIBBINS, UK
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Storage assessments and gaps
John SCOWCROFT, GCCSI
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ZEP Update on CCS
Charles SOOTHILL, Technology Council, Chief Technology Office at General Electric
     
Session D: Policy pathways for Clean Coal: HELE, CCS and Biomass
     
Policy Pathways for a responsible continuation of fossil fuels
Jonas HELSETH, Bellona
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Policy Parity
Barry WORTHINGTON, USEA
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12th Session, Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Fossil Fuels
Agenda Item 5:    Activities and priorities of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and its Committee on Sustainable Energy      
Committee on Sustainable Energy
Scott Foster, Director, SED
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Agenda Item 7:  Report and recommendations from the work of the Task Forces      
(a)  Task Force to assess a future role for thermal power plants in sustainable electricity systems
     
The Role of Thermal Power Plants in Select Electricity Markets
Afonso Neves da Silva and David Elzinga, UNECE Secretariat
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Современное состояние и перспективы  развития угольной промышленности  Республики Таджикистан
Haidar Kholov, Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, Tajikistan
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Snapshot of Coal in the US
Barry Worthington, Chair
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(b)  Task Force on increasing flexibility in coal power generation
     
ROLE OF COAL PLANTS IN THE WORLD OF RENEWABLES
Vladimir Budinsky, Vice Chair
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Opportunities for coupling wind and coal based generation in the electricity sector
Viktor Badaker, UNECE Secretariat
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(c) Task Force on decreasing emissions and increasing efficiency from new and existing coal power generation using best practices across the ECE region and globally
     
Workshop “Critical Element of the Green Bridge Initiative: Advanced Fossil Fuel Technologies”
Viktor Badaker, UNECE Secretariat
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(d) Task Force to assess means for development and deployment of carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) technology and know-how